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Newer writers get mentoring via The Female Pilot Club
24/03/2021 … Five comedy writers, including stand-up Athena Kugblenu, are to receive mentoring from established TV names in a bid to improve the gender balance.
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© Idil Sukan A literary heavyweight?
James McNicholas turns his Fringe hit The Boxer into a book
24/03/2021 … Comedian James McNicholas has turned his acclaimed 2019 Edinburgh Fringe show The Boxer into a book.
Air date for Katherine Parkinson's Sitting
Edinburgh Fringe play comes to BBC Four
24/03/2021 … BBC Four has confirmed a broadcast date for Katherine Parkinson’s debut play Sitting.
© BBC Studios Trying again
Apple orders a third series of Esther Smith and Rafe Spall comedy
24/03/2021 … Apple TV+ has commissioned its comedy Trying – starring Esther Smith and Rafe Spall as a couple going through an adoption – for a third series.
© BBC Uncle becomes 삼촌
South Korean remake for Nick Helm comedy
24/03/2021 … Uncle, the comedy starring Nick Helm as a feckless musician who forms a bond with his 12-year-old nephew, is to be remade for South Korea.
© Matt Stronge Nish Kumar announces a 2022 tour
55 dates for new show, Control
24/03/2021 … Mash Report host Nish Kumar has announced a 55-date tour for 2022, entitled Control.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Ken Dodd's tax drama could be heading to ITV
24/03/2021 … ITV is planning to make a drama out of Ken Dodd’s notorious tax evasion trial.
Jason Manford dies on stage
...in the plot of a new musical he's starring in
24/03/2021 … Jason Manford is starring in a new comedy musical, filmed at its cast’s homes and streamed online.